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07-03-2007, 08:00 PM
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Needlefish Nazi
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,754
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Happy 90th Birthday Bob Pond
A Big Happy Birthday to Bob Pond -- One of the founding fathers of Striped Bass Plugs who will turn 90 years old on the 4th of July.
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Over the Last Several Years HAB'S NEEDLEFISH Have Caught More "Confirmed" 30, 40, 50, and even 60 pound Striped Bass than any other Wooden Needlefish on the Market today. 2 Over 50lbs. and 1 Over 60lbs. in 2005 alone........... "HOOK UP WITH HAB'S" Your Best Bet For BIG BASS.....
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07-03-2007, 08:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
Posts: 2,290
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A happy birthday and thanks for the pioneering of many great plugs!  |
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07-03-2007, 10:22 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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Happy Birthday Bob Pond,,, Thanks for your great contribution to something we love ..
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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07-04-2007, 07:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Pond!  |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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07-04-2007, 08:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
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Happy Birthday to you Bob Pond.  |
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07-04-2007, 09:04 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Happy birthday and a heartfelt thanks for a life's work helping the fish we love.
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07-04-2007, 09:07 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: In the water
Posts: 461
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Happy Birthday Bob Pond.  |
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07-04-2007, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: somewhere on a rock
Posts: 1,603
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happy birthday Bob
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07-04-2007, 09:56 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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Yes Happy Birthday but the memory of the pitiful sight of him in his wheelchair at the show in Providence show will reamin with me more than all the other occasions I had to chat with him over the years.
I wanted to cry that day, it was really just an awful spectacle for such a once proud man. Just a shame.
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Why even try......... 
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07-04-2007, 10:06 AM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flaptail
Yes Happy Birthday but the memory of the pitiful sight of him in his wheelchair at the show in Providence show will reamin with me more than all the other occasions I had to chat with him over the years.
I wanted to cry that day, it was really just an awful spectacle for such a once proud man. Just a shame.
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Damm ... hope he don't read this.. |
Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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07-04-2007, 10:20 AM
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Hernia Pikie Maker
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: e. prov r.i.
Posts: 1,176
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happy birthday
I used to stop in to his shop..allways a great guy |
its no ones fault
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07-04-2007, 10:43 AM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
Posts: 749
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happy birthday bob
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boat fish dont count
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07-04-2007, 11:55 AM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
Posts: 1,025
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H-B bob!!!
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07-04-2007, 12:09 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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happy b-day bob! and thanks so much for all you've done ! |
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07-04-2007, 12:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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Happy birthday Mr. Pond thanks for blazzing the trail for us younger ones.
Last edited by eastendlu; 07-04-2007 at 03:17 PM..
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07-04-2007, 12:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: New Haven County, CT
Posts: 3,883
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In addition to his great lure manufacturing, how many people are aware of his role in bringing back striped bass from the brink of extinction? Stripers Unlimited, and his research on pollutants in Chesapeake bay and egg viability? This guy has done more than just about anybody for the good of our sport and our favorite resources.
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07-04-2007, 12:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Plymouth, MA
Posts: 193
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Happy Birthday man!  |
21' Sea Pro WA
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07-04-2007, 12:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,704
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And if it were possible...90 more!
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07-04-2007, 03:01 PM
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Certified curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Westport, MA
Posts: 125
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Happy Birthday Bob...Thanks for the memories your plugs made possible!
Al
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07-04-2007, 08:29 PM
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Scuttlebutt
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Westport,MA
Posts: 2,433
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I don't know him, but sound slike a GREAT guy, Happy Birthday Mr. Pond!!
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Wasajigifying -[ was - a - jig-i-fy-ing] - the concept of not knowing what the hell your saying.
My Photography Page!
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07-04-2007, 09:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: carver ma.
Posts: 168
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happy birthday BOB POND
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07-04-2007, 09:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,595
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90 years!
Congrats and Happy B-Day 
Salute!!
VB |
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07-05-2007, 06:25 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 29
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Congrats Bob - If it wasn't for Bob I would have got lost coming back from the southern states years ago. . He was always in attendence helping out and being a mentor. He dedicated his life to the future of the Striped Bass.
Last edited by Ron A; 07-05-2007 at 06:31 AM..
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07-05-2007, 11:39 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: newport
Posts: 1,136
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Happy Birthday Bob and thanks for all you've done for stripers!
and as far as being a "spectacle" ,yeah it's sad that we get old (if we're lucky)and the machinery breaks down a little, but Bob wanted to be there.He and his wife Avis both had a good time.When I gave Bob the book Eric Burnley just dedicated to him he and Avis held hands and smiled from ear to ear,and that sight will be with me forever. |
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07-05-2007, 06:03 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
Posts: 4,046
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Quote:
the memory of the pitiful sight of him in his wheelchair at the show in Providence show will reamin with me more than all the other occasions I had to chat with him over the years.
I wanted to cry that day, it was really just an awful spectacle for such a once proud man. Just a shame.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tagger
Damm ... hope he don't read this..
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I myself did not see a pitiful sight. What I saw is a great man seeing old friends and catching up on memories.
happy birthday BOB |
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07-05-2007, 07:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 179
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Happy B-day Bob,,, you old bugger,,, thanks for the knowledge
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take your kids fishing
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07-10-2007, 12:48 PM
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Needlefish Nazi
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,754
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Thanks to All who Posted I will give him a copy it Will make his Day.
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Over the Last Several Years HAB'S NEEDLEFISH Have Caught More "Confirmed" 30, 40, 50, and even 60 pound Striped Bass than any other Wooden Needlefish on the Market today. 2 Over 50lbs. and 1 Over 60lbs. in 2005 alone........... "HOOK UP WITH HAB'S" Your Best Bet For BIG BASS.....
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07-10-2007, 01:08 PM
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Wishin' for fishin'
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Brockton
Posts: 1,651
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I think every one that calls themselves a "fisherman" has at one time or another, caught a fish on one of his lures. I know I have. Thanks.
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07-10-2007, 01:20 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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Happy Birthday Bob!!!
thanks for all you did for our beloved striped bass
and those awesome plugs you made
Have a good one!
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The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those rights are inherent within you. Rather it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.
1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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07-10-2007, 01:39 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,823
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striprman
I think every one that calls themselves a "fisherman" has at one time or another, caught a fish on one of his lures. I know I have. Thanks.
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The Atom popper was a standard in everyone's surf bag back in the 70s and 80s. The swimmer in the early 90s. I was a member of Stripers Unlimited from when Bob started it and I have a couple of the patches and decals I never put out. I will put them on my truck....someday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE STRIPERS!!!  |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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